Daily Archives: January 25, 2018

page 99 of 960 of Sir Thomas Malory: Le Morte Darthur: The Definitive Original Text Edition

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Merlin predicts Arthur’s fate / future and reminds him to take good care of that scabbard. A damesell of the Lady of the Lake shows up at court. The ladies are ambassadors to the Lady of the Lake (they act sort of like mall Santa’s in this story as being representatives of the Lady of the Lake).

page 97 of 960 of Sir Thomas Malory: Le Morte Darthur: The Definitive Original Text Edition

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Merlins telly Pellynore that the lady (whose head he is wearing) was actually his daughter! He is told you MUST help everyone in need. The Pentecostal Oath (feast on the day the church was established) is enacted as a way to establish order in the kingdom, it’s Arthur’s “Constitution”. THis is an oath bound society. We also see the consequences of reckless sexuality in this society.

page 96 of 960 of Sir Thomas Malory: Le Morte Darthur: The Definitive Original Text Edition

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The knights continue plotting and remind each other to beware of Merlin who knows “all thynges by the devylles craffte.” Pellynore and Nynive on their way back come upon the original knight and lady he didn’t stop to help: they’ve been eaten by wild animals. She tells him to bear the lady’s head back to Arthur.